Review: Man, this movie was painful to watch. Watching Edward Norton, who played the Hulk, singing and dancing wasn't good and the rest of the A-list cast didn't that much better. I have never seen what the big deal is about Woody Allen movies because they just seem to have way too much dialogue and not enough action. This movie wasn't that much better and to top it off, he added some annoying singing which just got on my nerves. Originally, I thought that I would give this movie a go because of the amazing cast, but watching them singing through the movie just didn't help. Along with the usual Woody Allen type storyline, I just didn't enjoy this movie at all but it was good to see some big named actors like Natalie Portman and Edward Norton, before they became household names. Annoying!Round-Up: I can definitely see why most of the cast haven't pursued there singing careers because some of the singing was awful. I was hoping that the storyline was going to save the day, but that wasn't that good either. As this was Edward Nortons second movie in his career, after Primal Fear which was a much better movie, I'm sure that he was just happy to be in a movie, even though he made a complete fool out of himself. Other young actors like Natalie Portman, who came fresh from Leon and Heat, also must have been glad to get the work so I can't really blame them for there performances. At the end of the day, you really have to be a fan of Woody Allens work to enjoy this movie but I'm just not into his comedy or his sense of direction.Budget: $20million Worldwide Gross: $34millionI recommend this movie to people who are into Woody Allen movies about family life and love. 3/10

Ed Norton, Barrymore, Roberts, Hawn, Alda, Portman... what's not to love? Well the boring, plodding, banal and mind numbingly worked story line that is as intricate as a cereal box. How can anyone like this? Did they get awards because of the cast? This proves to me that pretentious nits make a good market for an inane movie a college student could have composed. It reminds me of those self-indulgent "I am melancholy pay attention to my deep thoughts" of the 70s genre, which is how old you have to be to find this mildly entertaining. Woody Allen should just give it up. Then again, people will pretend he has talent because they are suppose to. Kind of like people paid a zillion dollars a ticket to see washed up Streisand in concert.

There came a point when the trademark opening to Woody Allen movies - plain white text on black backgrounds accompanied by a jazz song - went from classy and charming to twee and self conscious. That point really seemed to hit home around his lacklustre 90s period, largely due to the indifferent quality of most of the product. If your jazz opening is ironic juxtaposition to a genuinely funny film, or a more museful one, then it works. If it presages a mediocre offering with Larry David then it can look a little self congratulatory and pretentious.That feeling extends throughout the whole of Everyone Says I Love You, a film that doesn't seem to know what it wants to be... a genuine musical homage or pastiche. If seeing hospital patients or the ghosts of the dead dancing to show tunes is your thing, then it's ideal. But this kind of humour would work more in the full-on hands of a Mel Brooks, not a nebbish pseudo intellectual. And I say that as a fan of Woody.One thing that surprises is how almost everyone can hold a reasonable note in the cast, even Woody himself, with Hawn and Norton reputedly told to sing worse to make it more realistic. And technically there's no faulting the skill behind this piece, Allen's first picture in over ten years to be shot outside New York. But there's a twee, self-amused feel throughout, something made even worse by the character Allen plays in the film. I'm a huge Woody Allen fan, but I would never claim he has a great number of strings to his acting bow. Here he plays Woody Allen - this time called "Joe Berlin" - as a man who psychologically manipulates Julia Roberts into bed with him. Using spied knowledge of her intimate psychological secrets, Allen says and does the right thing at all time to procure a physical relationship... sorry, but isn't that practically rape?This unsettling subtext to the movie unbalances it still further, a dispiriting turn of events in a film that never seems to know quite what it wants to be. It's nice to see Woody trying something new thirty years into his movie career, but Everyone Says I Love You really needs to be filed under "inessential Allen".

What a disappointment but I have to say that I knew from the first scene that this would not be one of his best. The songs are extremely average, nothing spectacular about them at all! And most of the characters are uninteresting shells.Some of the scenes (in fact most of them) seem like early rehearsal. Especially the parts with Tim Roth who usually is a very talented actor.To make things worse there's just a few funny jokes in here. In fact other than the narration from Natasha Lyonne, a few decently funny moments between Alda and his republican son and Allens regular character + a dance group consisting of Grouco Marx look-a-likes are the only worthwhile parts of the film.It felt extremely uninspired and rather annoying at times. What was the Julia Robers sub-plot for example was extremely unfunny and just plain annoying.It seemed like this film didn't know what to make fun of or how to do it. Most of the time the dialog is just tame and uninteresting and it just seems like it tries so hard without making it.That said Natasha Lyonne and Alan Alda was great. Allen was good but weaker than usual. Again a few funny moments. I actually laughed out loud once or twice but overall this was just decent and by far Woody Allens weakest film.